The Lakers signed former UCLA forward Reeves Nelson and rookie center Greg Somogyi, the team announced Wednesday.

The 6-foot-8 Nelson was a member of the 2012 summer league team, on which he averaged 4.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in 16.3 minutes of play.

Named to the All-Pac-10 first team following his sophomore season, Nelson played in 68 games for the Bruins averaging 12.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 27.0 minutes.

Somogyi, a 7-3 center out of UC Santa Barbara, played all four years for the Gauchos where he posted career averages of 3.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 12.2 minutes. Somogyi also played for the summer league team where he averaged 1.2 points, 1.6 rebounds in 7.2 minutes.

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